Waste Management Technician or Planner

Overview:
**Your opportunity**

Are you looking to work with like-minded waste management professionals across Canada? Are you someone with leadership and technical capabilities? Do you enjoy building relationships and working collaboratively in a team environment with both internal and external stakeholders? Are you a thought leader, a trusted advisor and a problem solver? If you enjoy entrepreneurship and innovation, this opportunity is for you As someone with excellent communication skills and business acumen, you will thrive in our fast-paced and agile environment.

Dillon’s
**Communities and Environment** technical group is looking for a
**Waste Management Technician or Planner **to join our multidisciplinary team of professionals. You will have the opportunity to work on new and exciting projects while providing clients with a fully integrated and superior customer experience.

At Dillon, we operate as one team. This position is available in our Dillon
**Richmond **office
**.**

**Responsibilities**:
**What your day will look like**

**Project Support & Waste Management Planning**
- Assist in solid waste projects related to waste management policy, planning and approvals, waste diversion programs and waste management facilities across Canada.
- Completion and supervision of environmental field activities including waste composition studies, monitoring, maintenance, evaluation and trouble-shooting
- Completion of data analysis.
- Completion of reporting.
- Assist in developing and participating in public consultation programs and preparing public-facing content.
- Assist project managers, engineers, environmental scientists and others on a variety of multidisciplinary solid waste management projects.
- Coordinate and manage project tasks, budgets and schedules.

**Learning & Development**
- Commit to self-development and ongoing learning and professional development.
- Input to the career development of junior staff, including technical direction, training recommendations, coaching and mentoring.
- Contribute to Dillon’s corporate profile through active participation in professional associations and committees.

Qualifications:
**What you will need to succeed**
- A degree or diploma in environmental science, engineering or related field.
- Minimum 3 years of experience in solid waste management, preferably within a consulting environment.

**Experience**:

- Strong verbal and written communications skills, and keen attention to detail.
- Demonstrated abilities in multidisciplinary teamwork.
- Aptitude to learn.
- Familiar with relevant provincial and federal environmental legislation, environmental policies, codes and standards.
- Experience leading/completing waste composition studies would be an asset.
- Proficiency in AUTOCAD, GIS, Surfer, gINT or database abilities is an asset.

**Why choose Dillon**

Dillon is powered by people who are technically proficient, passionate about socially important projects, and motivated to deliver superior, tangible results. We strive to remain at the forefront of technology and innovation, and are empowered to continually grow and develop.

We live our
**core values**:

- Reliability: words result in actions that build trust;
- Achievement: do the work to hit the target;
- Continuous development: always learning; always adapting; always growing;
- Creativity: discover new possibilities;
- Courage: do the things that matter, especially when it’s hard;
- Inclusiveness: enabling belonging to draw strength from our differences.

**About Dillon**

Dillon is a proudly Canadian, employee-owned, professional consulting firm specializing in planning, engineering, environmental science and management. We partner with clients to provide committed, collaborative, and inventive solutions to complex, multi-faceted projects. With over 20 offices and more than 1000 employees across Canada, Dillon offers a wide range of services related to building and improving facilities and infrastructure, protecting the environment, and developing communities.

Now operating for over 75 years, we continue to strive for excellence in everything we do. Dillon has been listed as one of
**Canada’s Best Managed Companies** for the past 17 years and has the distinction of having achieved Platinum Club member status in this program.

**Employment Equity, Diversity & Inclusion at Dillon**:
Dillon is committed to the principles of employment equity, inclusiveness, and diversity within our organization. We strive to achieve a workplace where opportunities are based on skills and abilities and that respects and values differences.

Inclusion is more than a word to us, it is the way we choose to run our business.

Please connect with us if you require accommodation in the interview process. We would love to hear from you